We review the first Lego Smart Brick sets, including the $70 Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter, the $90 Luke’s Red Five X-Wing, and the $160 Throne Room Duel.

Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart Brick that can recognize and interact with sets and minifigures. It was unexpected and delightful to see Lego come ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

How does Smart Play work? What are the new sets like? And is adding tech to Lego even a good idea?

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